SPURS 2-2 Basel - Thoughts on a nightmarish night

Last night was thoroughly disappointing. 

First there was my 5-a-side game.

The teams were totally unfair. It was obvious before we began. The prick picking them selected the four fittest players, plus himself of course, on one side, and the five fattest and slowest players on the other. Which is actually doubly awful, because not only do you know that you're going to get hammered, but it's also clear that you're considered one of the slow fatties.

And we had to wear the bibs.

What a load of cock.

And then what was meant to be the good news, getting home in time to see the Spurs game, turned out to be even worse news. 

2-2 is a pretty poor result. But the disappointment goes far beyond that. Firstly, Basel were the better team. They were playing in the same colours as Barcelona, and at times we made them look like Messi and Co. We're a team trying to finish in the top 4 in the Premier League, it's unacceptable to be outplayed by Basel. All the talk about how good Basel's form was going into the game, how they've knocked out big opposition in the past, and that we shouldn't take them lightly is a load of balls, in my opinion. It's still Basel. We should be winning comfortably. 

But the disappointment doesn't stop there. We've lost the boy Bale at the worst possible time. The Welshman was stretchered off in stoppage time after he went down with a nasty looking ankle injury. AVB was optimistic about his recovery time after the match, but he's bound to miss at least a few games, and considering are upcoming fixtures, I think the fans have every reason to be panicked.

"Gareth will definitely play again this season. We will know better (on Friday) but I’m pretty confident...From the medical department’s first analysis, everything is positive. It shouldn’t be as bad as it looks because Gareth has torn that ligament before and there’s nothing to tear now.”

The swelling has gone down enough today for the lad to have a scan today, so fingers crossed. I'm fully aware the we're not a one-team, but we sorely need him. Embarrassingly, he's our only decent attacking threat right now.

Aaaand the disappointments continue. Lennon went off injured too. AVB suggested that he could still play against Everton this weekend, but at the moment he's a doubt. Gallas also picked up an injury, but I don't give a shit about that. Personally, I'd love to see the back of both Gallas and Adebayor. Gallas needs to retire, he's a complete liability, Adebayor has been pathetic this season, but most importantly, neither of them give a toss about the shirt. Now, I know there's not much loyalty and passion left among Premier League footballers, but the problem with these two ex-gooners is that their antipathy shows clearly in their performances. Gallas even left the pitch last night when he knew AVB had no substitutes remaining. Imagine Ledley King doing that? 

I'm not going to go into the goals, or our ridiculously ropy defence, or Parker's miss or how he's just not up to this standard, cause you know all that, you saw it yourselves, with your poor, poor eyes. What I will say is that the last big disappointment for me was Vertonghen's inexplicably shocking performance. With that clown Billy beside him, and our two dodgy full-backs (Naughton is an appalling player, and if you think otherwise, you're wrong), he needed to have another big game. But he was all over the place, and we suffered.

All the disappointments aside, we're miraculously still in the tie, and despite that atrocious display, I reckon we'll do slightly better over there, and sneak through. I'm sticking with my original point, it's Basel for Christ's sake.

Anyway, that's next week. First, we have what should be a far tougher game against Everton on Sunday at the odd time of 14.05. Joy. 

I'm gonna leave that 'til my match preview tomorrow and by then we should have updates on injuries and whatever.

Still pissed off.

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UPDATE: Bale, Lennon and Gallas all likely to return within two weeks following scans. Better news than expected, well apart from Gallas, I was hoping he'd be out for the season.